Caesar IVnew entry in one of best city-building series of all time(Pharoah got 8.2 from GS and last one Zeus got 8.5). It's being made by TiltedMill(company created by Zeus anbd Pharaoh team members)

Theatre of WarA WWII Wargame made by people behind IL2Sturmovik franchise. THis game promises to be THE most realistic WWII wargame ever created(not just weapon and equipment parameters, but also stuff like morale of units)

HistWar: Les GrognarsA tactical and strategical game of insane depth by Battlefront(they released AAAs like CombatMission series or AAs like AfrikaCorps, DangerousWaters or AirborneAssault)

SpellForce IISequel to best RTS-RPG mix ever.

Seven Kingdoms: ConquestPrevious two were both AAAs here at gamespot

Sins of the Solar EmpireEpic 4X space empire building strategy with mix of Homeworld-like combat, made by ex members of Barkin dog(where they worked on Homeworld:Cataclysm, a space RTS that got 8.9 here)

All American: the 82nd Airborne in NormanduFinally a long awaited sequel to 101 Airborne: The Airborne Invasion of Normandy (8.8 at Gamespot)

SuddenStrike3A epic WWII wargame by Fireglow(they aren't well known in US, but they are beloved strategy dev in Europe)

Sword of StarsRevolutionary mix of 4X space empire building strategy with mix of Homeworld-like combat, made by Kerberos Productions(which for formed by lead guys behind Homeworld:Cataclysm, a space RTS that got 8.9 here)

Distant GunsRevolutionary naval wargame created by people behind games like OperationalArt of War(9.0 at GS), OperationalArt of War 2(8.7), Battleground : Antietam (8.7),Battleground :Shiloh(8.5),Battleground :Waterloo(8.5)

Imperivm Great Battles of RomeOne look at the screen and many gamers will dissmiss this game. And that's a big mistake. Haemimont's games are never the preetiest...and never 3D. But as CelticKings and Nemesis of Roman Empire proved... they have a big heart. Both of them were outdated techicaly, but fun as hell..and Gamespot recognized it giving both of them AA scores and positive reviews.

City LifeA city building game by Auran, company behind games like BridgeIT or Trainz(which got 8.7 from GS)

Anno3Third entry in legendary economic strategy series

Settlers2: RemakeNew version of THE best Settlers game(85% at GR)

Airborne Assault: Conquest of the AegeanThird game in this classic series(previous two both got 8.1 from Gamespot)

Disciples III: RenaissanceDisciples II: Dark Prophecy was one of best turn-based fantasy strategy games of last few years. It was released in 2002, around the same time such "monsters" of this subgenre like Heroes4, Age of Wonders 2 and Etherlords were released. And yet it stood proudly next to them and secured it's place as one of premier franchises of this type. Now it's back in full 3D and done by Akella.

Inhabitated IslandTurn-based wargame set in the world of Strugatsky brothers' bestseller "Inhabitated Island". The game is developed as a joint effort between Akella(Age of Sail2: Privateer's Bounty) and Wargaming.net(makers of Massive Assault)

[size=16]Guild Wars: FactionsThe follow-up to the innovative Guild Wars features a large new fantasy world to explore and enough competitive and cooperative role-playing action to easily keep you busy for weeks.-8.5

Lord of CreaturesBeing made by lead designers of Commandos and Commandos2.

GrafanFrom Emergence, company created by Herb Marselas(he worked in Microprose/SpectrumHolobyte as one of first 3D programmers in he industry, then at Intel ad then at Microsoft with Ensemble and Bungie helping them create engines) and Chas. Boyd(for the past decade he was the main DIrectX and Direct3D architect)

Tabula Rasanew MMOFPS by RichardGarriot(a guy who basicaly created the whole videogame RPG genre, he made first videogame RPG, first FPP RPG, first good story in RPG, every ultima revolutionized the genre, UltimaIV is basicaly a source for all jRPGs(as DQ just copied it) and he made the MMORPG genre what it is today, ultimaonline wasn't the first MMORPG, but it is to MMORPGs what Doom was to FPS)

Titan QuestAn action-rpg by Brian Sullivan(co-creator of Age of Empires) backed up by ex Papyrus and Turbine guys.

Age of ConanInnovative MMORPG from creators of AnarchyOnline and LongestJourney

Divine Divinity2Sequel to one of best action-rpgs ever(8.6 at GS)

DOFUS ArenaThe original DOFUS is very popular(250.000 players) free MMORPG. DofusArena is a new MMO spin-off from the franchise that's concentrating on PVP tactical combat in vein of japanese rpgs like Ogre Battle or Fire Emblem

Pirates of Burning SeaA pirate MMO created by a team full of pen and paper RPG legends(like John Tynes)

Tokimeki Memorial OnlineA MMO version of insanely popular dating-sims series

Drakensang: the Dark EyeAfter 10 long years the "Dark Eye"(the pen and paper RPG setting, seen in the great Realms of Arkania series of PC RPGs) returns to PCgaming.

Battle LordFantasy tactical RPG. Player will walk around big world map, do quests, subquests ,upgrade his character, etc. Simply typical RPG stuff, but the combat will resemble a strategy game. It will be turn-based ,you will gather big parties etc. THe game is developed by the team that made Space Rangers 2(8.1 at Gamespot)

Hard to be GodIsometric RPG set in world created by Strugacki's brothers. Co-developed by Akella

AfterfallIndie roleplaying game following the good old school principles of the genre: non-linearity, turn-based combat, lots of roleplaying and decisions having real effect on the game world

[size=16]Cassius PearlClassic point and click adventure game. THe team was formed by developers working for big French developing companies like Ubisoft, Eden Studios, Arkane Studios, Stormfront, and Pam Developement

Jack KeaneHumoristic adventure game from Deck13 (makers of Anhk)

OverclockedAn adventure game described as "present-day thriller game about the psychological dimensions of violence."", from House of Tales, makers of "Moment of Silence" (AdventureGamers-4/5, JustAdventure-A-)

AllianceFPS that spans across the whole XX th century, using all important military conflicts as it's setting. It's developed by Windwark technologies, company who specialises in professional simulation software for military.

White Gold: War in ParadiseFPS/RPG hybrid that's a successor to Boiling Point. The game changes setting and characters, but keeps the core gameplay concept intact. So we can expect huge dynamic terrain to explore , incredible freedom, tons of stuff to do and developer's ambition that would make most other companies explode

Chrome2Original Chrome was good(7.2) FPS shooter that had lots of unrealised potential. Since then Techland has been consistently improving and their last title:XPandRally has 85% average at GameRankings we can propably expect good things from this game